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Shawn Oakman | Defensive End

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The Big 12 will limit schools to two days of football contact each week, including game days.

Contact is defined by live tackling to ground and/or full-speed blocking. This is another transition and step towards player safety. Two-a-day contact practices are very much in the past. Jul 20 - 11:01 AM

ESPN's Mel Kiper ranks Baylor edge rusher Shawn Oakman as the top senior DE in the country.

"While the raw ability is ahead of the refinement and technique with Oakman's game, don't pretend the production hasn't been there," Kiper wrote. The 6-foot-9, 280-pound terror had 11 sacks, 19.5 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles last year. "His frame is truly incredible, in that he's both long and powerful, and if he can continue to improve his leverage and counter a little better when he gets blocked initially, he's going to have star potential going into the 2016 draft," Kiper wrote. Jul 19 - 6:26 PM

NFL Media draft analyst Lance Zierlein advises that it "isn't fair" that you will "hear the term 'overrated' lobbed at [Baylor edge rusher Shawn Oakman] more than you might expect this year, and that is because his play doesn't currently match his outrageous physique."

"Oakman is very raw as a pass rusher. He doesn't use his hands properly and doesn't have edge speed or even a go-to pass rush move," Zierlein wrote. "However, he does have incredible length and the type of natural power that allows him to generate a bull rush on most snaps. If he learns to use those hands, he will show immense improvement." The analyst ranks Oakman as the No. 3 edge rusher in the country. The 6-foot-9, 280-pound prospect has been compared to Calais Campbell of the Arizona Cardinals. Jul 7 - 10:40 PM

Weidl does begin by stressing Oakman's physical appearance but adding consistency is an issue. It is definitely a piece of Oakman's evaluation that will be debated for the next year, but there is a feeling we pile on defensive linemen with "motor" issues too often. Good NFL teams attempt to keep a solid rotation up front. Jun 29 - 12:28 PM